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Show 50 ROEDUCK. ccive nlv f n.c nc:'t1 , th:.- tt yon are the .T no"d cl of our youth .,f t.hc sons of onr n1cchnn1Cs. -even o ,, ::\Irs F :u· rr 1 co·an- 1ax: > ~{ "And I an1 snre, ..l • 1 1 · th his cheery 1car " crie<l the co one wr , "!lush, n1y c ' • 1 . about vonr hn band, " 'f O})en your Ips ( J 1 lauo-h, 1 you ·n have to rcbu \:O M/ .Ambler, as a faithfnl pastor, ~VI • At })resent I .._ 'l nifol<.l perfect1ons. · ns both for Iny ln. . l b . o- a gent.lenlan, as, of ·t ld charo-cd only \Vlt l ernb L s:u b b" course, I am bonn l to c. . k Rnch a.· loving Mrs. Fairfax replied With a loo. e huKbam1s, nnd \Vives have often best?\vecl on " ror the clero-yn1an proceedecl- Fair-f.:tx had 3.~1 " I reinincle<..l ]\ tnrk that Colon.cl 1 . n.l I)OSI· 1 · , ·ed to ln rn t 1e socJ. anlple fortune, \V ucn Rieicnll ]~ l ·:tt lne ancl Raicl with . f tlenln.n e oo ~cl L ' < tlon o a gen ( · .· 1 but yon are a some hes1·t a. t'r on-' von are not rrc 1, J (. • • 1 thi . argu g , I . ld not of course, r epe ent1Clnn.n. cou ' 1 . 1 tl 1 1lt the colonel nwntum ad homw· em· I":)> n t I ous rvcc l d<" ot shrink SI)r!1DO' froln n.n nncicnt fmnily. lie <. 1 l')]'t of hit from tb he reflecti.O n n. npr te d up 0 Jl the hunur y to say f: .l r but in a.wlnvard phrases, \vent on . own aml } ' ' I~ d b a o·cnt1eman lD that birth o blige<.l Colonel ire ~,o e ' n 1.. the character and condnct, wlu '1 e I. t s ecnr. c<l to- fnfomrt on consideration due to a gentleman \Vltbolnlt le 'a l)oor his part m· t h e b eg·m n1. 11oo·· 'But' ' h. e n< .< .. ec' o{u ntry, man and the son of a poor man, ru a flee c ]'l.,.e tl can r' ise to a gentleman's p 1a ce I· r h e beha. ves 1h) him' gentleman.' lie thought that ':~nlth would h~I , by to his object, but he had a snBpiClOn thn~ the" t~ tho ·which 1nen aet rich suddenly are nnfnen~lly _ sentiments aGn d habits that shoulu.l a·u ; t'r ngu1. ·h ''l., t<:1Y Call t tleman. lie 1elieved it would be b cLter to an~ s one of those profession~ \vhich people look np t 1 _0 ~e carrying the iuea of som. a1 rank . If \\r e should 1!\V ROEBUCK. .'51 a war in which it wonld be cre<litnblc to volunteer, he would be in ·lined to go a. a solt1ier, and fi~rht his 0 ·way np to a corn:nis~ion, ns that " 'onld entitle lli1n to tbe position of a gentlen1an, an.l, ior the character of a gentlen1an, he 'vould keep Coloncll1"'recl in 1nind as his model. 13csit!cs, he said, he '"as studying books at home every evening after hiB day's 'vork \\'U · done . The eonverRation by which these thought~ 11·ere brought to light, one af'Ler another, occupiell the tillle until 've carne to the cud of the avenue. J\Iark then left me, after promi ·ing to visit me at the parBonnge." "I hope," said the Colonel, "he will prove to be worthy of t!1e care which I iorcsce you ·will bestow on the developn1ent of ])is character." "Can you doubt it, brother I1"'rcd, 'vhen yon re1nen1- ber his Inode] '?" "I will be surety iOr him," said Hugh Fitzhugh, "though, I believe 1\Ir. Ambler, after a single hall~ hour's ride with hilll, knows him better than I do. In tracing the springs of his conduct, 1\Ir. Ambler, you have shown an art 'vhich I do not J>Ossess." "I learned something of that art in my first profession, the law, :tnd I have learned the best u es of it in rny pre::;ent profc. ~iou." "IIave you heard 'rhat happened last 11ight to our ndghbor Eddc::; '?" inquired Colonel Fairi:.tx. "' I have not. ''rh:tt \Vas it '?" "1i:ekle. ·, you 1nny kn o,v, has ior sorne tirue beeu cxeluded ii·om society by the gentlemen of the county on ~lCcouut of hiH ernel treatinent of hiB . laves." "He came from Ma8.·achuseLts," grumbled the doc. tor; "those Northern IUcn, when they , et.tle amoJ;g us, do not know how to treat JJegroes, because they |